The Golden Experience Point [Part 1]

Chapter 124: "Sisters"

"...How have you been?"

"...You'd know if you looked."

"No, that's just an avatar in the game."

"Well, it's been decent."

"Did you feel lonely without me?"

"Not really. I tried not to think about it too much."

"I see..."

"Won't you ask about Mother or Grandmother? If they're doing well?"

"Yeah, I have. I've met them."

"What!? Why!?"

"Why...? Well, they're family. It's normal to meet occasionally."

"I don't mean that!"

"Then what?"

"...That's fine already."

"Oh, you meant 'You've even met mother, so how come you didn't come to see me?'"

"I said that's enough!"

"...Because, it seemed like you were angry about something? Oh, not now, I mean when I decided to pursue my studies."

"I wasn't angry. Just disappointed."

"Because I said I wouldn't inherit? Or because Grandmother approved of that decision?"

"...You have more talent than me, ■■■. I've never won against you even once. And y you chose not to inherit and went off to some university."

"I might have been stronger back then. But now, you're probably stronger, ■■■. I don't understand talent, but if you are stronger now, then you were probably more suited to be the heir in the first place. It's not like I ran away. I did what I wanted to do."

"Isn't that so? If we had trained similarly, I might have been able to beat you—"

"That's not possible. We can't train the same way. Everyone has things they can and cannot do. I can't train the same way you can. I knew that from the beginning. But I can do things without training. So, I always had this idea in mind, that '■■■ would surpass me someday', something like that."

"...So, you backed off?"

"I didn't back off. It was a rational decision. I don't know why I'm strong. I've been able to do things from the start. But you're different, ■■■. At first, you always lost to me, but now, even Grandmother can't beat you, right? ■■■, you trained every day and became strong. If you are stronger now, then you were more suitable to be the heir. It's not like I ran away; I did what I wanted to do."

"Then, is it also a rational decision that Grandmother didn't say anything when you left?"

"I don't know exactly what Grandmother was thinking. Well, that might be part of it. But more likely, you seemed to enjoy training. Seeing that, Grandmother probably felt like this: ■■■, who enjoys training, is more suited to be the successor, and I, not being suited to teaching others, am not. I knew from an early stage that I'm not good at teaching. I was told that back in middle school. 'You won't get anywhere if you don't think more before you act'. I couldn't figure it out even if I thought about it, so I stopped thinking."

"...I wasn't training because I enjoyed it."

"Is that so? It seemed enjoyable from my perspective. You always cried when you lost to me, but that's part of training! 'Close your wings!'"

"...So, Grandmother and Mother approved of you going to some university?"

"That's right. I can't afford tuition and living expenses. Do I look like the type who can work and study at the same time?"